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-,,,,,,,,, = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ,,,,,,,,,-
=-,,,,,,,, =  = = = ELVES LIVE  IN THE LAND = = = = ,,,,,,,,-=
*=-,,,,,,, = = =  = BEYOND THE GREAT  DAM. = =  = = ,,,,,,,-=*
**=-,,,,,, = IT WAS  BUILT IN THE LATE  SIXTIES.  = ,,,,,,-=**
§**=-,,,,, = = = THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN.  = =  = ,,,,,-=**§
#§**=-,,,, = = = = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = ,,,,-=**§#
@#§**=-,,, = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = ,,,-=**§#@
#@#§**=-,, THEY  WERE  VERY  MANIPULATIVE,  AND  WE ,,-=**§#@#
##@#§**=-, CAME TO TRUST THEM. = = = = =  =  = = US ,-=**§#@##
#@#§**=-,, KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN AT THE  WATER  EVEN ,,-=**§#@#
@#§**=-,,, THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED.  = = = = = = ,,,-=**§#@
#§**=-,,,, =  = SOMETIMES THE  SLUICE  WOULD  CLOSE ,,,,-=**§#
§**=-,,,,, ENTIRELY, AND  THE  RIVER  AT  THE  DAMS ,,,,,-=**§
**=-,,,,,, FOOT WOULD DRY  UP, REVEALING THE  ROCKY ,,,,,,-=**
*=-,,,,,,, WATER  GARDEN  THAT  HAD   BEEN   HIDDEN ,,,,,,,-=*
=-,,,,,,,, BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. =  = = = ,,,,,,,,-=
-,,,,,,,,, =  = =  = BEFORE  THE  DAM OPENED AGAIN, ,,,,,,,,,-
,,,,,,,,,, THERE  WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE  ELVES ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR  IT, AND SUDDENLY ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, WE WOULD FIND  THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ,,,,,,,,,,
-,,,,,,,,, AT OUR KNEES. =  = = = = = = =  = = =  = ,,,,,,,,,-
=-,,,,,,,, = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ,,,,,,,,-=
*=-,,,,,,, = BY  THEN  THE ELVES  WOULD  BE GONE. = ,,,,,,,-=*
**=-,,,,,, = = = = = = = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = ,,,,,,-=**
§**=-,,,,, = =  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ,,,,,-=**§
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